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QP Region 8.png In Region VIII, Queen Pineapple populations including the newly established ones were documented as to size and location. As surveyed, Queen pineapples are grown in Baybay City, Javier, Kananga, Ormoc City and Villaba in Leyte, Sta. Rita in Samar and Silago in Southern Leyte, with a total area of 229.78 hectares.

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In Luzon, Queen Pineapple is mainly grown in the Provinces of Camarines Norte. A total of 2,525 hectares of the province is planted to pineapple translated to 82% of total pineapple area in Municipality of Basud, Labo, San Lorenzo Ruiz and San Vicente, Camarines Norte.

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Figure 1. Queen Pineapple fruit infested with PPMB

Description

Pink pineapple mealybug, Dysmicoccus brevipes Cockerell (PPMB), is one of the major pests of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merrill].
Belongs to Family Pseudococcidae and described as cottony, small, oval and soft-bodied sucking insect (Joy, et al., 2013).
Feeds on the fruits, roots, stem, and leaves of the plant (Ceniza et al, 2018)
Dispersed by ants (Joy et, 2013) because PPMB secreteS sweet and sticky liquid called honeydew as a by-product of its feeding (Rohrbach and Johnson, 2003).
Distribution: Baybay City, Javier, Ormoc City, Villaba in Leyte; Silago in Southern Leyte; San Lorenzo in Camarines Norte (QP Project 4)

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